Department of Pharmacy Practice

Welcome to the Department of Pharmacy Practice, dedicated to providing the best environment for pharmacy education. We demonstrate this commitment through our teaching, research and scholarship, clinical service and community service activities, both in underserved and regional areas.

The majority of our  faculty members are clinicians whose research efforts are integrated  within their clinical practice sites. Faculty members maintain practices  at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – University Campus, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan and CHI Health Immanuel hospitals and clinics, Methodist Hospital, Omaha and Lincoln VAMCs and Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln.

We are also home to  the Center for Drug Information and Evidence-Based Practice (CDI-EBP),  where we support four distinct drug information services affiliated with  the Health Sciences Library, Children’s Hospital,  CHI Health Immanuel, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – University Campus and CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan.  We provide institutional support for each site, as well as teaching  opportunities  for fourth-year rotation students. In addition, our department houses  the Center for Medication Therapy Management (MTM), a state-of-the-art  telephonic provider of MTM services through both faculty and student services.

The Department emphasizes numerous research and scholarship opportunities, including educational assessment and outcomes research, clinical outcomes research, nanoparticle drug encapsulation, infectious diseases, clinical research in chronic disease management and public health research related to immunizations and disease prevention.

We are active in several noted research areas. Clinical outcomes research in the areas of aspirin resistance in women, clopidogrel resistance in coronary patients and clinical management of diabetes by pharmacists are examples of some active research within the Department.

Our progress in the area of nanoparticle formation and production holds promise for the delivery of HIV drugs. Collaborations among scientists in pharmacy practice, the Department of Biology at Creighton University and pharmaceutical sciences, as well as funding from a NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA), have made this work possible.

Michael S. Monaghan
Chair
Department of Pharmacy Practice

• Educate student pharmacists to provide quality patient-centered care by serving as responsible, effective, and ethical practitioners; integrating Ignatian values in the approach to practice; and advancing the profession of pharmacy.
• Participate in academic, community, and professional service for the betterment of all.
• Produce scholarship that advances health, education, and scientific knowledge.